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The Illinois 55th Infantry, part of the 2d Brigade under Stuart in Sherman’s 5th Division of the Army of the Tennessee and commanded by Lieut. Col. Malmborg, assumed and defended this position from 11.30 a.m. until about 2.00 p.m. on April 6, 1862, when the regiment was withdrawn across the ravine and then back to the last line at the Landing. In the battle, the regiment lost 51 men killed, 7 officers and 190 men wounded, and 27 men missing, for a total of 275.
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